Honololu issues preliminary ban on shark toursSeptember 21st, 2009 Honololu issues preliminary ban on shark toursHONOLULU — The Honolulu City Council has given preliminary approval to a ban on shark tour businesses operating on Oahu, according to The Honolulu Advertiser. State law already prohibits the operation of shark tours within three miles of the shore.
NJ police: Dad tells 4-year-old son cocaine is candy, boy shares drug with friends at day careSeptember 19th, 2009 NJ police: Dad tells 4-year-old cocaine is candyNEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey police say a 4-year-old boy shared cocaine with his friends at day care because his father told him it was candy.
Mexican inspectors find at least $5.4 million hidden in fertilizer shipment bound for ColombiaSeptember 11th, 2009 Mexico police find over $5.4 million cash in cargoMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say they have found at least $5.4 million hidden in a shipment of ammonium sulfate at a Pacific coast port, and are still counting the cash. The Mexican navy says the bundles of cash were hidden in large sacks of the granular chemical, most commonly used as a fertilizer.
Mexican inspectors find at least $5 million hidden in fertilizer shipment bound for ColombiaSeptember 11th, 2009 Mexico police find over $5 million cash in cargoMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say they have found at least $5 million hidden in a shipment of ammonium sulfate at a Pacific coast port, and are still counting the cash. Authorities earlier said the estimated amount was at least $5.4 million.
16 indicted in Southern California in drug smuggling probe targeting Mexico's Sinaloa cartelAugust 26th, 2009 16 indicted in California in drug-smuggling probeIMPERIAL, Calif. — Sixteen people were indicted and hundreds of pounds of cocaine seized in a sting against Mexico's notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday.
Cocaine found surgically implanted inside chest cavities of 2 live turkeys confiscated in PeruAugust 25th, 2009 Peru police seize cocaine sewn inside live turkeysLIMA, Peru — Peruvian police expecting to find a shipment of cocaine hidden in a crate holding two live turkeys were surprised to discover the drug surgically implanted inside the birds. Acting on a tip, officers stopped a Turismo Ejecutivo SRL bus outside the city of Tarapoto in the central jungle state of San Martin, officials said Monday.
Reports: Body of shark left in middle of Miami street after men failed to sell to fish marketsJuly 22nd, 2009 Dead shark left in Miami street after failed saleMIAMI — The body of a shark was left lying in the middle of a downtown Miami street after two men tried to sell it to several fish markets. The men apparently carried the five or six-foot-long fish around on the city's Metromover downtown train, prompting calls to police.
20-foot basking shark washes onto beach and dies on New York's Long IslandJuly 15th, 2009 Shark washes up and dies on NY beachBABYLON, N.Y. — A 20-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York's Long Island appears to have died from some kind of illness.
Customs finds almost a half-ton of cocaine in shipping container of Colombian coffeeJuly 10th, 2009 Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaineNEW ORLEANS — Customs agents discovered an extra ingredient in a shipment of Colombian coffee: nearly a half-ton of cocaine. U.S. Customs officer Troy Simon said Thursday it was his agency's biggest cocaine find at the Port of New Orleans since more than two tons turned up in a transformer shipment about 10 years ago.
Mexico cocaine 'hidden in sharks'June 17th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks, BBC reported Wednesday. Armed officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than 20 sharks aboard a freight ship in the Gulf coast port of Progreso in Yucatan state.
Mexican Navy busts one of Mexico's largest meths labs, finds precursors for millions of dosesJune 17th, 2009 Military finds one of Mexico's largest meth labsBADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs ever found in the country, with enough ephedrine to produce more than 40 tons of the drug. The smell of chemical solvents was overwhelming at the remote mountaintop site in the northern state of Sinaloa, where Navy personnel on patrol last week stumbled across an enormous holding tank they initially thought might be used to water a marijuana plantation.
Mexico captures drug cartel suspect wanted in US for smuggling $2 million in cocaine profitsJune 8th, 2009 Mexico captures drug cartel suspect wanted in USMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have captured a woman wanted in the United States for allegedly smuggling $2 million in cocaine-trafficking profits for a powerful drug cartel. The Attorney General's Office says Olga Lerma was arrested in western Jalisco state after police spent three months tracking her movements.
Chilean police say woman found with suitcases made of cocaineJune 2nd, 2009 Chile police find suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug "was not hidden in the luggage.
Police say suitcases carried by woman who was to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaineJune 2nd, 2009 Chile police find suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug "was not hidden in the luggage.
Seven tonnes of cocaine seized in Pacific off MexicoFebruary 15th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The US Coast Guard and Mexican Navy seized seven tonnes of cocaine on the high seas off Mexico's Pacific Coast, officials said Sunday. Investigators found the drugs in a fishing trawler near the coast off the southern Mexican province of Oaxaca.
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